Experiments show that insects can function as pollinators
of cycads, rare, palmlike tropical plants. Furthermore,
cycads removed from their native habitats—and therefore
from insects native to those habitats—are usually infertile.
Nevertheless, anecdotal reports of wind pollination in
cycads cannot be ignored. The structure of cycads male
cones is quite consistent with the wind dispersal of pollen,
clouds of which are released from some of the larger cones.
The male cone of Cycas circinalis, for example, sheds
almost 100 cubic centimeters of pollen, most of which is
probably dispersed by wind. Furthermore, the structure of
most female cycad cones seems inconsistent with direct
pollination by wind. Only in the Cycas genus are the
females' ovules accessible to airborne pollen, since only in
this genus are the ovules surrounded by a loose aggregation
of megasporophylls rather than by a tight cone.
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7. The evidence in favor of insect pollination of cycads
presented in the second sentence would be more
convincing if which of the following were also true?
(A) Only a small variety of cycad species can be
successfully transplanted.
(B) Cycads can sometimes be pollinated by means
other than wind or insects.
(C) Insects indigenous to regions to which cycads are
transplanted sometimes feed on cycads.
(D) Winds in the areas to which cycads are usually
transplanted are similar to winds in cycads'
native habitats.
(E) The transplantation of cycads from one region to
another usually involves the accidental removal
and introduction of insects as well.
这套阅读中,该题求指导。
另外,这套题中,作者的观点是
1:虫煤
2:可能风媒
3:最后还是虫煤 为什么我在18min计时的时候根本看不出来作者的观点这么复杂!!!!!!!!!!!
我这都36套了!!求拯救!!!!!